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1 Clem. prologue:1 The Church of God which sojourneth in
Rome to the Church of God which sojourneth in Corinth, to them which are called and
sanctified by the will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from
Almighty God through Jesus Christ be multiplied.

1 Clem. 1:1 By reason of the sudden and repeated
calamities and reverses which are befalling us, brethren, we consider that we have been
somewhat tardy in giving heed to the matters of dispute that have arisen among you, dearly
beloved, and to the detestable and unholy sedition, so alien and strange to the elect of
God, which a few headstrong and self-willed persons have kindled to such a pitch of
madness that your name, once revered and renowned and lovely in the sight of all men, hath
been greatly reviled.

1 Clem. 1:2 For who that had sojourned among you did not
approve your most virtuous and steadfast faith? Who did not admire your sober and
forbearing piety in Christ? Who did not publish abroad your magnificent disposition of
hospitality? Who did not congratulate you on your perfect and sound knowledge?

1 Clem. 1:3 For ye did all things without respect of
persons, and ye walked after the ordinances of God, submitting yourselves to your rulers
and rendering to the older men among you the honor which is their due. On the young too ye
enjoined modest and seemly thoughts: and the women ye charged to perform all their duties
in a blameless and seemly and pure conscience, cherishing their own husbands, as is meet;
and ye taught them to keep in the rule of obedience, and to manage the affairs of their
household in seemliness, with all discretion.

1 Clem. 2:1 And ye were all lowly in mind and free from
arrogance, yielding rather than claiming submission, more glad to give than to receive,
and content with the provisions which God supplieth. And giving heed unto His words, ye
laid them up diligently in your hearts, and His sufferings were before your eyes.

1 Clem. 2:2 Thus a profound and rich peace was given to
all, and an insatiable desire of doing good. An abundant outpouring also of the Holy
Spirit fell upon all;

1 Clem. 2:3 and, being full of holy counsel, in excellent
zeal and with a pious confidence ye stretched out your hands to Almighty God, supplicating
Him to be propitious, if unwillingly ye had committed any sin.

1 Clem. 2:4 Ye had conflict day and night for all the
brotherhood, that the number of His elect might be saved with fearfulness and intentness
of mind.

1 Clem. 2:5 Ye were sincere and simple and free from
malice one towards another.

1 Clem. 2:6 Every sedition and every schism was
abominable to you. Ye mourned over the transgressions of your neighbors: ye judged their
shortcomings to be your own.

1 Clem. 2:7 Ye repented not of any well-doing, but were
ready unto every good work.

1 Clem. 2:8 Being adorned with a most virtuous and
honorable life, ye performed all your duties in the fear of Him. The commandments and the
ordinances of the Lord were written on the tablets of your hearts.

1 Clem. 3:1 All glory and enlargement was given unto you,
and that was fulfilled which is written My beloved ate and drank and was enlarged and
waxed fat and kicked.

1 Clem. 3:3 So men were stirred up, the mean against the
honorable, the ill reputed against the highly reputed, the foolish against the wise, the
young against the elder.

1 Clem. 3:4 For this cause righteousness and peace stand
aloof, while each man hath forsaken the fear of the Lord and become purblind in the faith
of Him, neither walketh in the ordinances of His commandments nor liveth according to that
which becometh Christ, but each goeth after the lusts of his evil heart, seeing that they
have conceived an unrighteous and ungodly jealousy, through which also death entered into
the world.

1 Clem. 4:1 For so it is written, And it came to pass
after certain days that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice unto God, and
Abel he also brought of the firstlings of the sheep and of their fatness.

1 Clem. 4:2 And God looked upon Abel and upon his gifts,
but unto Cain and unto his sacrifices He gave no heed.

1 Clem. 4:8 By reason of jealousy our father Jacob ran
away from the face of Esau his brother.

1 Clem. 4:9 Jealousy caused Joseph to be persecuted even
unto death, and to come even unto bondage.

1 Clem. 4:10 Jealousy compelled Moses to flee from the
face of Pharaoh king of Egypt while it was said to him by his own countryman, Who made
thee a judge or a decider over us, Wouldest thou slay me, even as yesterday thou slewest
the Egyptian?

1 Clem. 4:11 By reason of jealousy Aaron and Miriam were
lodged outside the camp.

1 Clem. 4:12 Jealousy brought Dathan and Abiram down
alive to hades, because they made sedition against Moses the servant of God.

1 Clem. 4:13 By reason of jealousy David was envied not
only by the Philistines, but was persecuted also by Saul [king of Israel].

1 Clem. 5:1 But, to pass from the examples of ancient
days, let us come to those champions who lived nearest to our time. Let us set before us
the noble examples which belong to our generation.

1 Clem. 5:2 By reason of jealousy and envy the greatest
and most righteous pillars of the Church were persecuted, and contended even unto death.

1 Clem. 5:3 Let us set before our eyes the good Apostles.

1 Clem. 5:4 There was Peter who by reason of unrighteous
jealousy endured not one not one but many labors, and thus having borne his testimony went
to his appointed place of glory.

1 Clem. 5:5 By reason of jealousy and strife Paul by his
example pointed out the prize of patient endurance. After that he had been seven times in
bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in the East and in the
West, he won the noble renown which was the reward of his faith,

1 Clem. 5:6 having taught righteousness unto the whole
world and having reached the farthest bounds of the West; and when he had borne his
testimony before the rulers, so he departed from the world and went unto the holy place,
having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance.

1 Clem. 6:1 Unto these men of holy lives was gathered a
vast multitude of the elect, who through many indignities and tortures, being the victims
of jealousy, set a brave example among ourselves.

1 Clem. 6:2 By reason of jealousy women being persecuted,
after that they had suffered cruel and unholy insults as Danaids and Dircae, safely
reached the goal in the race of faith, and received a noble reward, feeble though they
were in body.

1 Clem. 6:3 Jealousy hath estranged wives from their
husbands and changed the saying of our father Adam, This now is bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh.

1 Clem. 6:4 Jealousy and strife have overthrown great
cities and uprooted great nations.

1 Clem. 7:1 These things, dearly beloved, we write, not
only as admonishing you, but also as putting ourselves in remembrance. For we are in the
same lists, and the same contest awaiteth us.

1 Clem. 7:2 Wherefore let us forsake idle and vain
thoughts; and let us conform to the glorious and venerable rule which hath been handed
down to us;

1 Clem. 7:3 and let us see what is good and what is
pleasant and what is acceptable in the sight of Him that made us.

1 Clem. 7:4 Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ
and understand how precious it is unto His Father, because being shed for our salvation it
won for the whole world the grace of repentance.

1 Clem. 7:5 Let us review all the generations in turn,
and learn how from generation to generation the Master hath given a place for repentance
unto them that desire to turn to Him.

1 Clem. 7:6 Noah preached repentance, and they that
obeyed were saved.

1 Clem. 7:7 Jonah preached destruction unto the men of
Nineveh; but they, repenting of their sins, obtained pardon of God by their supplications
and received salvation, albeit they were aliens from God.

1 Clem. 8:1 The ministers of the grace of God through the
Holy Spirit spake concerning repentance.

1 Clem. 8:2 Yea and the Master of the universe Himself
spake concerning repentance with an oath:

1 Clem. 8:3 for, as I live saith the Lord, I desire not
the death of the sinner, so much as his repentance,

1 Clem. 8:4 and He added also a merciful judgment: Repent
ye, O house of Israel, of your iniquity; say unto the sons of My people, Though your sins
reach from the earth even unto the heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet and
blacker than sackcloth, and ye turn unto Me with your whole heart and say Father, I will
give ear unto you as unto a holy people.

1 Clem. 8:5 And in another place He saith on this wise,
Wash, be ye clean. Put away your iniquities from your souls out of My sight. Cease from
your iniquities; learn to do good; seek out judgment; defend him that is wronged: give
judgment for the orphan, and execute righteousness for the widow; and come and let us
reason together, saith He; and though your sins be as crimson, I will make them white as
snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool. And if ye be willing
and will hearken unto Me, ye shall eat the good things of the earth; but if ye be not
willing, neither hearken unto Me, a sword shall devour you; for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken these things.

1 Clem. 8:6 Seeing then that He desireth all His beloved
to be partakers of repentance, He confirmed it by an act of His almighty will.

1 Clem. 9:1 Wherefore let us be obedient unto His
excellent and glorious will; and presenting ourselves as suppliants of His mercy and
goodness, let us fall down before Him and betake ourselves unto His compassions, forsaking
the vain toil and the strife and the jealousy which leadeth unto death.

1 Clem. 9:3 Let us set before us Enoch, who being found
righteous in obedience was translated, and his death was not found.

1 Clem. 9:4 Noah, being found faithful, by his
ministration preached regeneration unto the world, and through him the Master saved the
living creatures that entered into the ark in concord.

1 Clem. 10:1 Abraham, who was called the 'friend,' was
found faithful in that he rendered obedience unto the words of God.

1 Clem. 10:2 He through obedience went forth from his
land and from his kindred and from his father's house, that leaving a scanty land and a
feeble kindred and a mean house he might inherit the promises of God.

1 Clem. 10:3 For He saith unto him Go forth from thy land
and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto the land which I shall show thee,
and I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee and will magnify thy name,
and thou shalt be blessed. And I will bless them that bless thee, and I will curse them
that curse thee; and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

1 Clem. 10:4 And again, when he was parted from Lot, God
said unto him Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art, unto
the north and the south and the sunrise and the sea; for all the land which thou seest, I
will give it unto thee and to thy seed for ever;

1 Clem. 10:5 and I will make thy seed as the dust of the
earth. If any man can count the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be counted.

1 Clem. 10:6 And again He saith; God led Abraham forth
and said unto him, Look up unto the heaven and count the stars, and see whether thou canst
number them. So shall thy seed be. And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him
for righteousness.

1 Clem. 10:7 For his faith and hospitality a son was
given unto him in old age, and by obedience he offered him a sacrifice unto God on one of
the mountains which He showed him.

1 Clem. 11:1 For his hospitality and godliness Lot was
saved from Sodom, when all the country round about was judged by fire and brimstone; the
Master having thus fore shown that He forsaketh not them which set their hope on Him, but
appointeth unto punishment and torment them which swerve aside.

1 Clem. 11:2 For when his wife had gone forth with him,
being otherwise minded and not in accord, she was appointed for a sign hereunto, so that
she became a pillar of salt unto this day, that it might be known unto all men that they
which are double-minded and they which doubt concerning the power of God are set for a
judgment and for a token unto all the generations.

1 Clem. 12:1 For her faith and hospitality Rahab the
harlot was saved.

1 Clem. 12:2 For when the spies were sent forth unto
Jericho by Joshua the son of Nun, the king of the land perceived that they were come to
spy out his country, and sent forth men to seize them, that being seized they might be put
to death.

1 Clem. 12:3 So the hospitable Rahab received them and
hid them in the upper chamber under the flax stalks.

1 Clem. 12:4 And when the messengers of the king came
near and said, The spies of our land entered in unto thee: bring them forth, for the king
so ordereth: then she answered, The men truly, whom ye seek, entered in unto me, but they
departed forthwith and are sojourning on the way; and she pointed out to them the opposite
road.

1 Clem. 12:5 And she said unto the men, Of a surety I
perceive that the Lord your God delivereth this city unto you; for the fear and the dread
of you is fallen upon the inhabitants thereof. When therefore it shall come to pass that
ye take it, save me and the house of my father.

1 Clem. 12:6 And they said unto her, It shall be even so
as thou hast spoken unto us. Whensoever therefore thou perceivest that we are coming, thou
shalt gather all thy folk beneath thy roof and they shall be saved; for as many as shall
be found without the house shall perish.

1 Clem. 12:7 And moreover they gave her a sign, that she
should hang out from her house a scarlet thread, thereby showing beforehand that through
the blood of the Lord there shall be redemption unto all them that believe and hope on
God.

1 Clem. 12:8 Ye see, dearly beloved, not only faith, but
prophecy, is found in the woman.

1 Clem. 13:1 Let us therefore be lowly minded, brethren,
laying aside all arrogance and conceit and folly and anger, and let us do that which is
written. For the Holy Ghost saith, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the
strong in his strength, neither the rich in his riches; but he that boasteth let him boast
in the Lord, that he may seek Him out, and do judgment and righteousness most of all
remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which He spake, teaching forbearance and
long-suffering:

1 Clem. 13:2 for thus He spake Have mercy, that ye may
receive mercy: forgive, that it may be forgiven to you. As ye do, so shall it be done to
you. As ye give, so shall it be given unto you. As ye judge, so shall ye be judged. As ye
show kindness, so shall kindness be showed unto you. With what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured withal to you.

1 Clem. 13:3 With this commandment and these precepts let
us confirm ourselves, that we may walk in obedience to His hallowed words, with lowliness
of mind.

1 Clem. 13:4 For the holy word saith, Upon whom shall I
look, save upon him that is gentle and quiet and feareth Mine oracles?

1 Clem. 14:1 Therefore it is right and proper, brethren,
that we should be obedient unto God, rather than follow those who in arrogance and
unruliness have set themselves up as leaders in abominable jealousy.

1 Clem. 14:2 For we shall bring upon us no common harm,
but rather great peril, if we surrender ourselves recklessly to the purposes of men who
launch out into strife and seditions, so as to estrange us from that which is right.

1 Clem. 14:3 Let us be good one towards another according
to the compassion and sweetness of Him that made us. For it is written:

1 Clem. 14:4 The good shall be dwellers in the land, and
the innocent shall be left on it but they that transgress shall be destroyed utterly from
it.

1 Clem. 14:5 And again He saith I saw the ungodly lifted
up on high and exalted as the cedars of Lebanon. And I passed by, and behold he was not;
and sought out his place, and I found it not. Keep innocence and behold uprightness; for
there is a remnant for the peaceful man.

1 Clem. 15:1 Therefore let us cleave unto them that
practice peace with godliness, and not unto them that desire peace with dissimulation.

1 Clem. 15:2 For He saith in a certain place This people
honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me,

1 Clem. 15:3 and again, they blessed with their mouth,
but they cursed with their heart.

1 Clem. 15:4 And again He saith, They loved Him with
their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto Him; and their heart was not upright
with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant.

1 Clem. 15:5 For this cause let the deceitful lips be
made dumb which speak iniquity against the righteous. And again May the Lord utterly
destroy all the deceitful lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things, even them that say,
Let us magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

1 Clem. 15:6 For the misery of the needy and for the
groaning of the poor I will now arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety; I will
deal boldly by him.

1 Clem. 16:1 For Christ is with them that are lowly of
mind, not with them that exalt themselves over the flock.

1 Clem. 16:2 The scepter of the majesty of God, even our
Lord Jesus Christ, came not in the pomp of arrogance or of pride, though He might have
done so, but in lowliness of mind, according as the Holy Spirit spake concerning Him.

1 Clem. 16:3 For He saith Lord, who believed our report?
and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? We announced Him in His presence. As a child
was He, as a root in a thirsty ground. There is no form in Him, neither glory. And we
beheld Him, and He had no form nor comeliness, but His form was mean, lacking more than
the form of men. He was a man of stripes and of toil, and knowing how to bear infirmity:
for His face is turned away. He was dishonored and held of no account.

1 Clem. 16:4 He beareth our sins and suffereth pain for
our sakes: and we accounted Him to be in toil and in stripes and in affliction.

1 Clem. 16:5 And He was wounded for our sins and hath
been afflicted for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace is upon Him. With His
bruises we were healed.

1 Clem. 16:6 We all went astray like sheep, each man went
astray in his own path:

1 Clem. 16:7 and the Lord delivered Him over for our
sins. And He openeth not His mouth, because He is afflicted. As a sheep He was led to
slaughter; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so openeth He not His mouth. In His
humiliation His judgment was taken away.

1 Clem. 16:8 His generation who shall declare? For His
life is taken away from the earth.

1 Clem. 16:9 For the iniquities of my people He is come
to death.

1 Clem. 16:10 And I will give the wicked for His burial,
and the rich for His death; for He wrought no iniquity, neither was guile found in His
mouth. And the Lord desireth to cleanse Him from His stripes.

1 Clem. 16:12 And the Lord desireth to take away from the
toil of His soul, to show Him light and to mould Him with understanding, to justify a Just
One that is a good servant unto many. And He shall bear their sins.

1 Clem. 16:13 Therefore He shall inherit many, and shall
divide the spoils of the strong; because His soul was delivered unto death, and He was
reckoned unto the transgressors;

1 Clem. 16:14 and He bare the sins of many, and for their
sins was He delivered up.

1 Clem. 16:15 And again He Himself saith; But I am a worm
and no man, a reproach of men and an outcast of the people.

1 Clem. 16:16 All they that beheld me mocked at me; they
spake with their lips; they wagged their heads, saying, He hoped on the Lord; let Him
deliver him, or let Him save him, for He desireth him.

1 Clem. 16:17 Ye see, dearly beloved, what is the pattern
that hath been given unto us; for, if the Lord was thus lowly of mind, what should we do,
who through Him have been brought under the yoke of His grace?

1 Clem. 17:1 Let us be imitators also of them which went
about in goatskins and sheepskins, preaching the coming of Christ. We mean Elijah and
Elisha and likewise Ezekiel, the prophets, and besides them those men also that obtained a
good report.

1 Clem. 17:2 Abraham obtained an exceeding good report
and was called the friend of God; and looking steadfastly on the glory of God, he saith in
lowliness of mind, But I am dust and ashes.

1 Clem. 17:3 Moreover concerning Job also it is thus
written; And Job was righteous and unblamable, one that was true and honored God and
abstained from all evil.

1 Clem. 17:4 Yet he himself accuseth himself saying, No
man from filth; no, not though his life be but for a day.

1 Clem. 17:5 Moses was called faithful in all His house,
and through his ministration God judged Egypt with the plagues and the torments which
befell them. Howbeit he also, though greatly glorified, yet spake no proud words, but
said, when an oracle was given to him at the bush, Who am I, that Thou sendest me?

1 Clem. 17:6 Nay, I am feeble of speech and slow of
tongue. And again he saith, But I am smoke from the pot.

1 Clem. 18:1 But what must we say of David that obtained
a good report? of whom God said, I have found a man after My heart, David the son of
Jesse: with eternal mercy have I anointed him.

1 Clem. 18:2 Yet he too saith unto God Have mercy upon
me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy
compassions, blot out mine iniquity.

1 Clem. 18:3 Wash me yet more from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge mine iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.
Against Thee only did I sin, and I wrought evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be
justified in Thy words, and mayest conquer in Thy pleading.

1 Clem. 18:13 For, if Thou hadst desired sacrifice, I
would have given it: in whole burnt offerings Thou wilt have no pleasure.

1 Clem. 18:14 A sacrifice unto God is a contrite spirit;
a contrite and humbled heart God will not despise.

1 Clem. 19:1 The humility therefore and the
submissiveness of so many and so great men, who have thus obtained a good report, hath
through obedience made better not only us but also the generations which were before us,
even them that received His oracles in fear and truth.

1 Clem. 19:2 Seeing then that we have been partakers of
many great and glorious doings, let us hasten to return unto the goal of peace which hath
been handed down to us from the beginning, and let us look steadfastly unto the Father and
Maker of the whole world, and cleave unto His splendid and excellent gifts of peace and
benefits.

1 Clem. 19:3 Let us behold Him in our mind, and let us
look with the eyes of our soul unto His long-suffering will. Let us note how free from
anger He is towards all His creatures.

1 Clem. 20:1 The heavens are moved by His direction and
obey Him in peace.

1 Clem. 20:2 Day and night accomplish the course assigned
to them by Him, without hindrance one to another.

1 Clem. 20:3 The sun and the moon and the dancing stars
according to His appointment circle in harmony within the bounds assigned to them, without
any swerving aside.

1 Clem. 20:4 The earth, bearing fruit in fulfillment of
His will at her proper seasons, putteth forth the food that supplieth abundantly both men
and beasts and all living things which are thereupon, making no dissension, neither
altering anything which He hath decreed.

1 Clem. 20:5 Moreover, the inscrutable depths of the
abysses and the unutterable statutes of the nether regions are constrained by the same
ordinances.

1 Clem. 20:6 The basin of the boundless sea, gathered
together by His workmanship into it's reservoirs, passeth not the barriers wherewith it is
surrounded; but even as He ordered it, so it doeth.

1 Clem. 20:7 For He said, So far shalt thou come, and thy
waves shall be broken within thee.

1 Clem. 20:8 The ocean which is impassable for men, and
the worlds beyond it, are directed by the same ordinances of the Master.

1 Clem. 20:9 The seasons of spring and summer and autumn
and winter give way in succession one to another in peace.

1 Clem. 20:10 The winds in their several quarters at
their proper season fulfill their ministry without disturbance; and the ever flowing
fountains, created for enjoyment and health, without fail give their breasts which sustain
the life for men. Yea, the smallest of living things come together in concord and peace.

1 Clem. 20:11 All these things the great Creator and
Master of the universe ordered to be in peace and concord, doing good unto all things, but
far beyond the rest unto us who have taken refuge in His compassionate mercies through our
Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Clem. 20:12 to whom be the glory and the majesty for
ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 21:1 Look ye, brethren, lest His benefits, which
are many, turn unto judgment to all of us, if we walk not worthily of Him, and do those
things which are good and well pleasing in His sight with concord.

1 Clem. 21:2 For He saith in a certain place, The Spirit
of the Lord is a lamp searching the closets of the belly.

1 Clem. 21:3 Let us see how near He is, and how that
nothing escapeth Him of our thoughts or our devices which we make.

1 Clem. 21:4 It is right therefore that we should not be
deserters from His will.

1 Clem. 21:5 Let us rather give offense to foolish and
senseless men who exalt themselves and boast in the arrogance of their words, than to God.

1 Clem. 21:6 Let us fear the Lord Jesus [Christ], whose
blood was given for us. Let us reverence our rulers; let us honor our elders; let us
instruct our young men in the lesson of the fear of God. Let us guide our women toward
that which is good:

1 Clem. 21:7 let them show forth their lovely disposition
of purity; let them prove their sincere affection of gentleness; let them make manifest
the moderation of their tongue through their silence; let them show their love, not in
factious preferences but without partiality towards all them that fear God, in holiness.
Let our children be partakers of the instruction which is in Christ:

1 Clem. 21:8 let them learn how lowliness of mind
prevaileth with God, what power chaste love hath with God, how the fear of Him is good and
great and saveth all them that walk therein in a pure mind with holiness.

1 Clem. 21:9 For He is the searcher out of the intents
and desires; whose breath is in us, and when He listeth, He shall take it away.

1 Clem. 22:1 Now all these things the faith which is in
Christ confirmeth: for He Himself through the Holy Spirit thus invite thus: Come, my
children, hearken unto Me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

1 Clem. 22:2 What man is he that desireth life and loveth
to see good days?

1 Clem. 22:3 Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy
lips that they speak no guile.

1 Clem. 22:4 Turn aside from evil and do good.

1 Clem. 22:5 Seek peace and ensue it.

1 Clem. 22:6 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and His ears are turned to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is upon them that do
evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth.

1 Clem. 22:7 The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard
him, and delivered him from all his troubles. Many are the troubles of the righteous, and
the Lord shall deliver him from them all.

1 Clem. 22:8 And again Many are the stripes of the
sinner, but them that set their hope on the Lord mercy shall compass about.

1 Clem. 23:1 The Father, who is pitiful in all things,
and ready to do good, hath compassion on them that fear Him, and kindly and lovingly
bestoweth His favors on them that draw nigh unto Him with a single mind.

1 Clem. 23:3 Let this scripture be far from us where He
saith Wretched are the double-minded, Which doubt in their soul and say, These things we
did hear in the days of our fathers also, and behold we have grown old, and none of these
things hath befallen us.

1 Clem. 23:4 Ye fools, compare yourselves unto a tree;
take a vine. First it sheddeth its leaves, then a shoot cometh, then a leaf, then a
flower, and after these a sour berry, then a full ripe grape. Ye see that in a little time
the fruit of the tree attaineth unto mellowness.

1 Clem. 23:5 Of a truth quickly and suddenly shall His
will be accomplished, the scripture also bearing witness to it, saying He shall come
quickly and shall not tarry; and the Lord shall come suddenly into His temple, even the
Holy One, whom ye expect.

1 Clem. 24:1 Let us understand, dearly beloved, how the
Master continually showeth unto us the resurrection that shall be hereafter; whereof He
made the Lord Jesus Christ the firstfruit, when He raised Him from the dead.

1 Clem. 24:2 Let us behold, dearly beloved, the
resurrection which happeneth at its proper season.

1 Clem. 24:3 Day and night show unto us the resurrection.
The night falleth asleep, and day ariseth; the day departeth, and night cometh on.

1 Clem. 24:4 Let us mark the fruits, how and in what
manner the sowing taketh place.

1 Clem. 24:5 The sower goeth forth and casteth into the
earth each of the seeds; and these falling into the earth dry and bare decay: then out of
their decay the mightiness of the Master's providence raiseth them up, and from being one
they increase manifold and bear fruit.

1 Clem. 25:1 Let us consider the marvelous sign which is
seen in the regions of the east, that is, in the parts about Arabia.

1 Clem. 25:2 There is a bird, which is named the phoenix.
This, being the only one of its kind, liveth for five hundred years; and when it hath now
reached the time of its dissolution that it should die, it maketh for itself a coffin of
frankincense and myrrh and the other spices, into the which in the fullness of time it
entereth, and so it dieth.

1 Clem. 25:3 But, as the flesh rotteth, a certain worm is
engendered, which is nurtured from the moisture of the dead creature and putteth forth
wings. Then, when it is grown lusty, it taketh up that coffin where are the bones of its
parent, and carrying them journeyeth from the country of Arabia even unto Egypt, to the
place called the City of the Sun;

1 Clem. 25:4 and in the daytime in the sight of all,
flying to the altar of the Sun, it layeth them thereupon; and this done, it setteth forth
to return.

1 Clem. 25:5 So the priests examine the registers of the
times, and they find that it hath come when the five hundredth year is completed.

1 Clem. 26:1 Do we then think it to be a great and
marvelous thing, if the Creator of the universe shall bring about the resurrection of them
that have served Him with holiness in the assurance of a good faith, seeing that He
showeth to us even by a bird the magnificence of His promise?

1 Clem. 26:2 For He saith in a certain place And Thou
shalt raise me up, and I will praise Thee; and; I went to rest and slept, I was awaked,
for Thou art with me.

1 Clem. 26:3 And again Job saith And Thou shall raise
this my flesh which hath endured all these things.

1 Clem. 27:1 With this hope therefore let our souls be
bound unto Him that is faithful in His promises and that is righteous in His judgments.

1 Clem. 27:2 He that commanded not to lie, much more
shall He Himself not lie: for nothing is impossible with God save to lie.

1 Clem. 27:3 Therefore let our faith in Him be kindled
within us, and let us understand that all things are nigh unto Him.

1 Clem. 27:4 By a word of His majesty He compacted the
universe; and by a word He can destroy it.

1 Clem. 27:5 Who shall say unto Him, What hast thou done?
or who shall resist the might of His strength? When He listeth, and as He listeth, He will
do all things; and nothing shall pass away of those things that He hath decreed.

1 Clem. 27:6 All things are in His sight, and nothing
escapeth His counsel,

1 Clem. 27:7 seeing that The heavens declare the glory of
God, and the firmament proclaimeth His handiwork. Day uttereth word unto day, and night
proclaimeth knowledge unto night; and there are neither words nor speeches, whose voices
are not heard.

1 Clem. 28:1 Since therefore all things are seen and
heard, let us fear Him and forsake the abominable lusts of evil works, that we maybe
shielded by His mercy from the coming judgments.

1 Clem. 28:2 For where can any of us escape from His
strong hand? And what world will receive any of them that desert from His service?

1 Clem. 28:3 For the holy writing saith in a certain
place Where shall I go, and where shall I be hidden from Thy face? If I ascend into the
heaven, Thou art there; if I depart into the farthest parts of the earth, there is Thy
right hand; if I make my bed in the depths, there is Thy Spirit.

1 Clem. 28:4 Whither then shall one depart, or where
shall one flee, from Him that embraceth the universe?

1 Clem. 29:1 Let us therefore approach Him in holiness of
soul, lifting up pure and undefiled hands unto Him, with love towards our gentle and
compassionate Father who made us an elect portion unto Himself.

1 Clem. 29:2 For thus it is written: When the Most High
divided the nations, when He dispersed the sons of Adam, He fixed the boundaries of the
nations according to the number of the angels of God. His people Jacob became the portion
of the Lord, and Israel the measurement of His inheritance.

1 Clem. 29:3 And in another place He saith, Behold, the
Lord taketh for Himself a nation out of the midst of the nations, as a man taketh the
first fruits of his threshing floor; and the holy of holies shall come forth from that
nation.

1 Clem. 30:1 Seeing then that we are the special portion
of a Holy God, let us do all things that pertain unto holiness, forsaking evil speakings,
abominable and impure embraces, drunkennesses and tumults and hateful lusts, abominable
adultery, hateful pride.

1 Clem. 30:2 For God, He saith, resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace to the lowly.

1 Clem. 30:3 Let us therefore cleave unto those to whom
grace is given from God. Let us clothe ourselves in concord, being lowlyminded and
temperate, holding ourselves aloof from all back biting and evil speaking, being justified
by works and not by words.

1 Clem. 30:4 For He saith, He that saith much shall hear
also again. Doth the ready talker think to be righteous?

1 Clem. 30:5 Blessed is the offspring of a woman that
liveth but a short time. Be not thou abundant in words.

1 Clem. 30:6 Let our praise be with God, and not of
ourselves: for God hateth them that praise themselves.

1 Clem. 30:7 Let the testimony to our well doing be given
by others, as it was given unto our fathers who were righteous.

1 Clem. 30:8 Boldness and arrogance and daring are for
them that are accursed of God; but forbearance and humility and gentleness are with them
that are blessed of God.

1 Clem. 31:1 Let us therefore cleave unto His blessing,
and let us see what are the ways of blessing. Let us study the records of the things that
have happened from the beginning.

1 Clem. 31:2 Wherefore was our father Abraham blessed?
Was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith?

1 Clem. 31:3 Isaac with confidence, as knowing the
future, was led a willing sacrifice.

1 Clem. 31:4 Jacob with humility departed from his land
because of his brother, and went unto Laban and served; and the twelve tribes of Israel
were given unto him.

1 Clem. 32:1 If any man will consider them one by one in
sincerity, he shall understand the magnificence of the gifts that are given by Him.

1 Clem. 32:2 For of Jacob are all the priests and levites
who minister unto the altar of God; of him is the Lord Jesus as concerning the flesh; of
him are kings and rulers and governors in the line of Judah; yea and the rest of his
tribes are held in no small honor, seeing that God promised saying, Thy seed shall be as
the stars of heaven.

1 Clem. 32:3 They all therefore were glorified and
magnified, not through themselves or their own works or the righteous doing which they
wrought, but through His will.

1 Clem. 32:4 And so we, having been called through His
will in Christ Jesus, are not justified through ourselves or through our own wisdom or
understanding or piety or works which we wrought in holiness of heart, but through faith,
whereby the Almighty God justified all men that have been from the beginning; to whom be
the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 33:1 What then must we do, brethren? Must we idly
abstain from doing good, and forsake love? May the Master never allow this to befall us at
least; but let us hasten with instancy and zeal to accomplish every good work.

1 Clem. 33:2 For the Creator and Master of the universe
Himself rejoiceth in His works.

1 Clem. 33:3 For by His exceeding great might He
established the heavens, and in His incomprehensible wisdom He set them in order. And the
earth He separated from the water that surroundeth it, and He set it firm on the sure
foundation of His own will; and the living creatures which walk upon it He commanded to
exist by His ordinance. Having before created the sea and the living creatures therein, He
enclosed it by His own power.

1 Clem. 33:4 Above all, as the most excellent and
exceeding great work of His intelligence, with His sacred and faultless hands He formed
man in the impress of His own image.

1 Clem. 33:5 For thus saith God Let us make man after our
image and after our likeness. And God made man; male and female made He them.

1 Clem. 33:6 So having finished all these things, He
praised them and blessed them and said, Increase and multiply.

1 Clem. 33:7 We have seen that all the righteous were
adorned in good works. Yea, and the Lord Himself having adorned Himself with worlds
rejoiced.

1 Clem. 33:8 Seeing then that we have this pattern, let
us conform ourselves with all diligence to His will; let us with all our strength work the
work of righteousness.

1 Clem. 34:1 The good workman receiveth the bread of his
work with boldness, but the slothful and careless dareth not look his employer in the
face.

1 Clem. 34:2 It is therefore needful that we should be
zealous unto well doing, for of Him are all things:

1 Clem. 34:3 since He forewarneth us saying, Behold, the
Lord, and His reward is before His face, to recompense each man according to his work.

1 Clem. 34:4 He exhorteth us therefore to believe on Him
with our whole heart, and to be not idle nor careless unto every good work.

1 Clem. 34:5 Let our boast and our confidence be in Him:
let us submit ourselves to His will; let us mark the whole host of His angels, how they
stand by and minister unto His will.

1 Clem. 34:6 For the scripture saith, Ten thousands of
ten thousands stood by Him, and thousands of thousands ministered unto Him: and they cried
aloud, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Sabaoth; all creation is full of His glory.

1 Clem. 34:7 Yea, and let us ourselves then, being
gathered together in concord with intentness of heart, cry unto Him as from one mouth
earnestly that we may be made partakers of His great and glorious promises.

1 Clem. 34:8 For He saith, Eye hath not seen and ear hath
not heard, and it hath not entered into the heart of man what great things He hath
prepared for them that patiently await Him.

1 Clem. 35:1 How blessed and marvelous are the gifts of
God, dearly beloved!!

1 Clem. 35:2 Life in immortality, splendor in
righteousness, truth in boldness, faith in confidence, temperance in sanctification! And
all these things fall under our apprehension.

1 Clem. 35:3 What then, think ye, are the things
preparing for them that patiently await Him? The Creator and Father of the ages, the All
holy One Himself knoweth their number and their beauty.

1 Clem. 35:4 Let us therefore contend, that we may be
found in the number of those that patiently await Him, to the end that we may be partakers
of His promised gifts.

1 Clem. 35:5 But how shall this be, dearly beloved? If
our mind be fixed through faith towards God; if we seek out those things which are well
pleasing and acceptable unto Him; if we accomplish such things as beseem His faultless
will, and follow the way of truth, casting off from ourselves all unrighteousness and
iniquity, covetousness, strifes, malignities and deceits, whisperings and backbitings,
hatred of God, pride and arrogance, vainglory and inhospitality.

1 Clem. 35:6 For they that do these things are hateful to
God; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent unto them.

1 Clem. 35:9 These things Thou hast done, and I kept
silence. Thou thoughtest, unrighteous man, that I should be like unto thee.

1 Clem. 35:10 I will convict thee and will set thee face
to face with thyself.

1 Clem. 35:11 Now understand ye these things, ye that
forget God, lest at any time He seize you as a lion, and there be none to deliver.

1 Clem. 35:12 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify Me,
and there is the way wherein I will show him the salvation of God.

1 Clem. 36:1 This is the way, dearly beloved, wherein we
found our salvation, even Jesus Christ the High priest of our offerings, the Guardian and
Helper of our weakness.

1 Clem. 36:2 Through Him let us look steadfastly unto the
heights of the heavens; through Him we behold as in a mirror His faultless and most
excellent visage; through Him the eyes of our hearts were opened; through Him our foolish
and darkened mind springeth up unto the light; through Him the Master willed that we
should taste of the immortal knowledge Who being the brightness of His majesty is so much
greater than angels, as He hath inherited a more excellent name.

1 Clem. 36:3 For so it is written Who maketh His angels
spirits and His ministers aflame of fire

1 Clem. 36:4 but of His Son the Master said thus, Thou
art My Son, I this day have begotten thee. Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the Gentiles
for Thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Thy possession.

1 Clem. 36:5 And again He saith unto Him Sit Thou on My
right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet.

1 Clem. 36:6 Who then are these enemies? They that are
wicked and resist His will.

1 Clem. 37:1 Let us therefore enlist ourselves, brethren,
with all earnestness in His faultless ordinances.

1 Clem. 37:2 Let us mark the soldiers that are enlisted
under our rulers, how exactly, how readily, how submissively, they execute the orders
given them.

1 Clem. 37:3 All are not prefects, nor rulers of
thousands, nor rulers of hundreds, nor rulers of fifties, and so forth; but each man in
his own rank executeth the orders given by the king and the governors.

1 Clem. 37:4 The great without the small cannot exist,
neither the small without the great. There is a certain mixture in all things, and therein
is utility.

1 Clem. 37:5 Let us take our body as an example. The head
without the feet is nothing; so likewise the feet without the head are nothing: even the
smallest limbs of our body are necessary and useful for the whole body: but all the
members conspire and unite in subjection, that the whole body maybe saved.

1 Clem. 38:1 So in our case let the whole body be saved
in Christ Jesus, and let each man be subject unto his neighbor, according as also he was
appointed with his special grace.

1 Clem. 38:2 Let not the strong neglect the weak; and let
the weak respect the strong. Let the rich minister aid to the poor; and let the poor give
thanks to God, because He hath given him one through whom his wants may be supplied. Let
the wise display his wisdom, not in words, but in good works. He that is lowly in mind,
let him not bear testimony to himself, but leave testimony to be borne to him by his
neighbor. He that is pure in the flesh, let him be so, and not boast, knowing that it is
Another who bestoweth his continence upon him.

1 Clem. 38:3 Let us consider, brethren, of what matter we
were made; who and what manner of beings we were, when we came into the world; from what a
sepulchre and what darkness He that molded and created us brought us into His world,
having prepared His benefits aforehand ere ever we were born.

1 Clem. 38:4 Seeing therefore that we have all these
things from Him, we ought in all things to give thanks to Him, to whom be the glory for
ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 39:1 Senseless and stupid and foolish and
ignorant men jeer and mock at us, desiring that they themselves should be exalted in their
imaginations.

1 Clem. 39:2 For what power hath a mortal? or what
strength hath a child of earth?

1 Clem. 39:3 For it is written; There was no form before
mine eyes; only I heard a breath and a voice.

1 Clem. 39:4 What then? Shall a mortal be clean in the
sight of the Lord; or shall a man be unblamable for his works? seeing that He is
distrustful against His servants and noteth some perversity against His angels.

1 Clem. 39:5 Nay, the heaven is not clean in His sight.
Away then, ye that dwell in houses of clay, whereof, even of the same clay, we ourselves
are made. He smote them like a moth, and from morn to even they are no more. Because they
could not succor themselves, they perished.

1 Clem. 39:6 He breathed on them and they died, because
they had no wisdom.

1 Clem. 39:7 But call thou, if perchance one shall obey
thee, or if thou shalt see one of the holy angels. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and
envy slayeth him that has gone astray.

1 Clem. 39:8 And I have seen fools throwing out roots,
but forthwith their habitation was eaten up.

1 Clem. 39:9 Far be their sons from safety. May they be
mocked at the gates of inferiors, and there shall be none to deliver them. For the things
which are prepared for them, the righteous shall eat; but they themselves shall not be
delivered from evils.

1 Clem. 40:1 Forasmuch then as these things are manifest
beforehand, and we have searched into the depths of the Divine knowledge, we ought to do
all things in order, as many as the Master hath commanded us to perform at their appointed
seasons.

1 Clem. 40:2 Now the offerings and ministrations He
commanded to be performed with care, and not to be done rashly or in disorder, but at
fixed times and seasons.

1 Clem. 40:3 And where and by whom He would have them
performed, He Himself fixed by His supreme will: that all things being done with piety
according to His good pleasure might be acceptable to His will.

1 Clem. 40:4 They therefore that make their offerings at
the appointed seasons are acceptable and blessed: for while they follow the institutions
of the Master they cannot go wrong.

1 Clem. 40:5 For unto the high priest his proper services
have been assigned, and to the priests their proper office is appointed, and upon the
levites their proper ministrations are laid. The layman is bound by the layman's
ordinances.

1 Clem. 41:1 Let each of you, brethren, in his own order
give thanks unto God, maintaining a good conscience and not transgressing the appointed
rule of his service, but acting with all seemliness.

1 Clem. 41:2 Not in every place, brethren, are the
continual daily sacrifices offered, or the freewill offerings, or the sin offerings and
the trespass offerings, but in Jerusalem alone. And even there the offering is not made in
every place, but before the sanctuary in the court of the altar; and this too through the
high priest and the afore said ministers, after that the victim to be offered hath been
inspected for blemishes.

1 Clem. 41:3 They therefore who do any thing contrary to
the seemly ordinance of His will receive death as the penalty.

1 Clem. 41:4 Ye see, brethren, in proportion as greater
knowledge hath been vouchsafed unto us, so much the more are we exposed to danger.

1 Clem. 42:1 The Apostles received the Gospel for us from
the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ was sent forth from God.

1 Clem. 42:2 So then Christ is from God, and the Apostles
are from Christ. Both therefore came of the will of God in the appointed order.

1 Clem. 42:3 Having therefore received a charge, and
having been fully assured through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and confirmed
in the word of God with full assurance of the Holy Ghost, they went forth with the glad
tidings that the kingdom of God should come.

1 Clem. 42:4 So preaching everywhere in country and town,
they appointed their firstfruits, when they had proved them by the Spirit, to be bishops
and deacons unto them that should believe.

1 Clem. 42:5 And this they did in no new fashion; for
indeed it had been written concerning bishops and deacons from very ancient times; for
thus saith the scripture in a certain place, I will appoint their bishops in righteousness
and their deacons in faith.

1 Clem. 43:1 And what marvel, if they which were
entrusted in Christ with such a work by God appointed the aforesaid persons? seeing that
even the blessed Moses who was a faithful servant in all His house recorded for a sign in
the sacred books all things that were enjoined upon him. And him also the rest of the
prophets followed, bearing witness with him unto the laws that were ordained by him.

1 Clem. 43:2 For he, when jealousy arose concerning the
priesthood, and there was dissension among the tribes which of them was adorned with the
glorious name, commanded the twelve chiefs of the tribes to bring to him rods inscribed
with the name of each tribe. And he took them and tied them and sealed them with the
signet rings of the chiefs of the tribes, and put them away in the tabernacle of the
testimony on the table of God.

1 Clem. 43:3 And having shut the tabernacle he sealed the
keys and likewise also the doors.

1 Clem. 43:4 And he said unto them, Brethren, the tribe
whose rod shall bud, this hath God chosen to be priests and ministers unto Him.

1 Clem. 43:5 Now when morning came, he called together
all Israel, even the six hundred thousand men, and showed the seals to the chiefs of the
tribes and opened the tabernacle of the testimony and drew forth the rods. And the rod of
Aaron was found not only with buds, but also bearing fruit.

1 Clem. 43:6 What think ye, dearly beloved? Did not Moses
know beforehand that this would come to pass? Assuredly he knew it. But that disorder
might not arise in Israel, he did thus, to the end that the Name of the true and only God
might be glorified: to whom he the glory for ever and ever. Amen...

1 Clem. 44:1 And our Apostles knew through our Lord Jesus
Christ that there would be strife over the name of the bishop's office.

1 Clem. 44:2 For this cause therefore, having received
complete foreknowledge, they appointed the aforesaid persons, and afterwards they provided
a continuance, that if these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed to
their ministration. Those therefore who were appointed by them, or afterward by other men
of repute with the consent of the whole Church, and have ministered unblamably to the
flock of Christ in lowliness of mind, peacefully and with all modesty, and for long time
have borne a good report with all these men we consider to be unjustly thrust out from
their ministration.

1 Clem. 44:3 For it will be no light sin for us, if we
thrust out those who have offered the gifts of the bishop's office unblamably and holily.

1 Clem. 44:4 Blessed are those presbyters who have gone
before, seeing that their departure was fruitful and ripe: for they have no fear lest any
one should remove them from their appointed place.

1 Clem. 44:5 For we see that ye have displaced certain
persons, though they were living honorably, from the ministration which had been respected
by them blamelessly.

1 Clem. 45:1 Be ye contentious, brethren, and jealous
about the things that pertain unto salvation.

1 Clem. 45:2 Ye have searched the scriptures, which are
true, which were given through the Holy Ghost;

1 Clem. 45:3 and ye know that nothing unrighteous or
counterfeit is written in them. Ye will not find that righteous persons have been thrust
out by holy men.

1 Clem. 45:4 Righteous men were persecuted, but it was by
the lawless; they were imprisoned, but it was by the unholy. They were stoned by
transgressors: they were slain by those who had conceived a detestable and unrighteous
jealousy.

1 Clem. 45:5 Suffering these things, they endured nobly.

1 Clem. 45:6 For what must we say, brethren? Was Daniel
cast into the lions' den by them that feared God?

1 Clem. 45:7 Or were Ananias and Azarias and Misael shut
up in the furnace of fire by them that professed the excellent and glorious worship of the
Most High? Far be this from our thoughts. Who then were they that did these things?
Abominable men and full of all wickedness were stirred up to such a pitch of wrath, as to
bring cruel suffering upon them that served God in a holy and blameless purpose, not
knowing that the Most High is the champion and protector of them that in a pure conscience
serve His excellent Name: unto whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 45:8 But they that endured patiently in
confidence inherited glory and honor; they were exalted, and had their names recorded by
God in their memorial for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 46:1 To such examples as these therefore,
brethren, we also ought to cleave.

1 Clem. 46:2 For it is written; Cleave unto the saints,
for they that cleave unto them shall be sanctified.

1 Clem. 46:3 And again He saith in another place; With
the guiltless man thou shalt be guiltless, and with the elect thou shalt be elect, and
with the crooked thou shalt deal crookedly.

1 Clem. 46:4 Let us therefore cleave to the guiltless and
righteous: and these are the elect of God.

1 Clem. 46:5 Wherefore are there strifes and wraths and
factions and divisions and war among you?

1 Clem. 46:6 Have we not one God and one Christ and one
Spirit of grace that was shed upon us? And is there not one calling in Christ?

1 Clem. 46:7 Wherefore do we tear and rend asunder the
members of Christ, and stir up factions against our own body, and reach such a pitch of
folly, as to forget that we are members one of another?

1 Clem. 46:8 Remember the words of Jesus our Lord: for He
said, Woe unto that man; it were good for him if he had not been born, rather than that at
he should offend one of Mine elect. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged
about him, and be cast into the sea, than that he should pervert one of Mine elect.

1 Clem. 46:9 Your division hath perverted many; it hath
brought many to despair, many to doubting, and all of us to sorrow. And your sedition
still continueth.

1 Clem. 47:1 Take up the epistle of the blessed Paul the
Apostle.

1 Clem. 47:2 What wrote he first unto you in the
beginning of the Gospel?

1 Clem. 47:3 Of a truth he charged you in the Spirit
concerning himself and Cephas and Apollos, because that even then ye had made parties.

1 Clem. 47:4 Yet that making of parties brought less sin
upon you; for ye were partisans of Apostles that were highly reputed, and of a man
approved in their sight.

1 Clem. 47:5 But now mark ye, who they are that have
perverted you and diminished the glory of your renowned love for the brotherhood.

1 Clem. 47:6 It is shameful, dearly beloved, yes, utterly
shameful and unworthy of your conduct in Christ, that it should be reported that the very
steadfast and ancient Church of the Corinthians, for the sake of one or two persons,
maketh sedition against its presbyters.

1 Clem. 47:7 And this report hath reached not only us,
but them also which differ from us, so that ye even heap blasphemies on the Name of the
Lord by reason of your folly, and moreover create peril for yourselves.

1 Clem. 48:1 Let us therefore root this out quickly, and
let us fall down before the Master and entreat Him with tears, that He may show Himself
propitious and be reconciled unto us, and may restore us to the seemly and pure conduct
which belongeth to our love of the brethren.

1 Clem. 48:2 For this is a gate of righteousness opened
unto life, as it is written; Open me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter in
thereby and preach the Lord.

1 Clem. 48:3 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous
shall enter in thereby.

1 Clem. 48:4 Seeing then that many gates are opened, this
is that gate which is in righteousness, even that which is in Christ, whereby all are
blessed that have entered in and direct their path in holiness and righteousness,
performing all things without confusion.

1 Clem. 48:5 Let a man be faithful, let him be able to
expound a deep saying, let him be wise in the discernment of words, let him be strenuous
in deeds, let him be pure;

1 Clem. 48:6 for so much the more ought he to be lowly in
mind, in proportion as he seemeth to be the greater; and he ought to seek the common
advantage of all, and not his own.

1 Clem. 49:1 Let him that hath love in Christ fulfill the
commandments of Christ.

1 Clem. 49:2 Who can declare the bond of the love of God?

1 Clem. 49:3 Who is sufficient to tell the majesty of its
beauty?

1 Clem. 49:4 The height, where unto love exalteth, is
unspeakable.

1 Clem. 49:5 Love joineth us unto God; love covereth a
multitude of sins; love endureth all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is
nothing coarse, nothing arrogant in love. Love hath no divisions, love maketh no
seditions, love doeth all things in concord. In love were all the elect of God made
perfect; without love nothing is well pleasing to God:

1 Clem. 49:6 in love the Master took us unto Himself; for
the love which He had toward us, Jesus Christ our Lord hath given His blood for us by the
will of God, and His flesh for our flesh and His life for our lives.

1 Clem. 50:1 Ye see, dearly beloved, how great and
marvelous a thing is love, and there is no declaring its perfection.

1 Clem. 50:2 Who is sufficient to be found therein, save
those to whom God shall vouchsafe it? Let us therefore entreat and ask of His mercy, that
we may be found blameless in love, standing apart from the factiousness of men. All the
generations from Adam unto this day have passed away: but they that by God's grace were
perfected in love dwell in the abode of the pious; and they shall be made manifest in the
visitation of the Kingdom of God.

1 Clem. 50:3 For it is written; Enter into the closet for
a very little while until Mine anger and Mine wrath shall pass away, and I will remember a
good day and will raise you from your tombs.

1 Clem. 50:4 Blessed were we, dearly beloved, if we
should be doing the commandments of God in concord of love, to the end that our sins may
through love be forgiven us.

1 Clem. 50:5 For it is written; Blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
shall impute no sin, neither is guile in his mouth.

1 Clem. 50:6 This declaration of blessedness was
pronounced upon them that have been elected by God through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom
be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 51:1 For all our transgressions which we have
committed through any of the wiles of the adversary, let us entreat that we may obtain
forgiveness. Yea and they also, who set themselves up as leaders of faction and division,
ought to look to the common ground of hope.

1 Clem. 51:2 For such as walk in fear and love desire
that they themselves should fall into suffering rather than their neighbors; and they
pronounce condemnation against themselves rather than against the harmony which hath been
handed down to us nobly and righteously.

1 Clem. 51:3 For it is good for a man to make confession
of his trespasses rather than to harden his heart, as the heart of those was hardened who
made sedition against Moses the servant of God; whose condemnation was clearly manifest,

1 Clem. 51:4 for they went down to hades alive, and Death
shall be their shepherd.

1 Clem. 51:5 Pharaoh and his host and all the rulers of
Egypt, their chariots and their horsemen, were overwhelmed in the depths of the Red Sea,
and perished for none other reason but because their foolish hearts were hardened after
that the signs and the wonders had been wrought in the land of Egypt by the hand of Moses
the servant of God.

1 Clem. 52:1 The Master, brethren, hath need of nothing
at all. He desireth not anything of any man, save to confess unto Him.

1 Clem. 52:2 For the elect David saith; I will confess
unto the Lord, and it shall please Him more than a young calf that groweth horns and
hoofs. Let the poor see it, and rejoice.

1 Clem. 52:3 And again He saith; Sacrifice to God a
sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows to the Most High: and call upon Me in the day of
thine affliction, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.

1 Clem. 52:4 For a sacrifice unto God is a broken spirit.

1 Clem. 53:1 For ye know, and know well, the sacred
scriptures, dearly beloved, and ye have searched into the oracles of God. We write these
things therefore to put you in remembrance.

1 Clem. 53:2 When Moses went up into the mountain and had
spent forty days and forty nights in fasting and humiliation, God said unto him; Moses,
Moses, come down , quickly hence, for My people whom thou leadest forth from the land of
Egypt have wrought iniquity: they have transgressed quickly out of the way which thou
didst command unto them: they have made for themselves molten images.

1 Clem. 53:3 And the Lord said unto him; I have spoken
unto thee once and twice, saying, I have seen this people, and behold it is stiff-necked.
Let Me destroy them utterly, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and I will
make of thee a nation great and wonderful and numerous more than this.

1 Clem. 53:4 And Moses said; Nay, not so, Lord Forgive
this people their sin, or blot me also out of the book of the living.

1 Clem. 53:5 O mighty love! O unsurpassable perfection!
The servant is bold with his Master; he asketh forgiveness for the multitude, or he
demandeth that himself also be blotted out with them.

1 Clem. 54:1 Who therefore is noble among you? Who is
compassionate? Who is fulfilled with love?

1 Clem. 54:2 Let him say; If by reason of me there be
faction and strife and divisions, I retire, I depart, whither ye will, and I do that which
is ordered by the people: only let the flock of Christ be at peace with its duly appointed
presbyters.

1 Clem. 54:3 He that shall have done this, shall win for
himself great renown in Christ, and every place will receive him: for the earth is the
Lord's and the fullness thereof.

1 Clem. 54:4 Thus have they done and will do, that live
as citizens of that kingdom of God which bringeth no regrets.

1 Clem. 55:1 But, to bring forward examples of Gentiles
also; many kings and rulers, when some season of pestilence pressed upon them, being
taught by oracles have delivered themselves over to death, that they might rescue their
fellow citizens through their own blood. Many have retired from their own cities, that
they might have no more seditions.

1 Clem. 55:2 We know that many among ourselves have
delivered themselves to bondage, that they might ransom others. Many have sold themselves
to slavery, and receiving the price paid for themselves have fed others.

1 Clem. 55:3 Many women being strengthened through the
grace of God have performed many manly deeds.

1 Clem. 55:4 The blessed Judith, when the city was
beleaguered, asked of the elders that she might be suffered to go forth into the camp of
the aliens.

1 Clem. 55:5 So she exposed herself to peril and went
forth for love of her country and of her people which were beleaguered; and the Lord
delivered Holophernes into the hand of a woman.

1 Clem. 55:6 To no less peril did Esther also, who was
perfect in faith, expose herself, that she might deliver the twelve tribes of Israel, when
they were on the point to perish. For through her fasting and her humiliation she
entreated the all seeing Master, the God of the ages; and He, seeing the humility of her
soul, delivered the people for whose sake she encountered the peril.

1 Clem. 56:1 Therefore let us also make intercession for
them that are in any transgression, that forbearance and humility may be given them, to
the end that they may yield not unto us, but unto the will of God. For so shall the
compassionate remembrance of them with God and the saints be fruitful unto them, and
perfect.

1 Clem. 56:2 Let us accept chastisement, whereat no man
ought to be vexed, dearly beloved. The admonition which we give one to another is good and
exceeding useful; for it joineth us unto the will of God.

1 Clem. 56:4 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.

1 Clem. 56:5 For the righteous, it is said, shall chasten
me in mercy and shall reprove me, but let not the mercy of sinners anoint my head.

1 Clem. 56:6 And again He saith; Blessed is the man whom
the Lord hath reproved, and refuse not thou the admonition of the Almighty. For He causeth
pain, and he restoreth again:

1 Clem. 56:7 He hath smitten, and His hands have healed.

1 Clem. 56:8 Six times shall He rescue thee from
afflictions and at the seventh no evil shall touch thee.

1 Clem. 56:9 In famine he shall deliver thee from death,
and in war He shall release thee from the arm of the sword.

1 Clem. 56:10 And from the scourge of the tongue He shall
hide thee and thou shalt not be afraid when evils approach.

1 Clem. 56:11 Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and
wicked, and of the wild beasts thou shalt not be afraid.

1 Clem. 56:12 For wild beasts shall be at peace with
thee.

1 Clem. 56:13 Then shalt thou know that thy house shall
be at peace: and the abode of thy tabernacle shall not go wrong,

1 Clem. 56:14 and thou shalt know that thy seed is many,
and thy children as the plenteous herbage of the field.

1 Clem. 56:15 And thou shalt come to the grave as ripe
corn reaped in due season, or as the heap of the threshing floor gathered together at the
right time.

1 Clem. 56:16 Ye see, dearly beloved, how great
protection there is for them that are chastened by the Master: for being a kind father He
chasteneth us to the end that we may obtain mercy through His holy chastisement.

1 Clem. 57:2 Learn to submit yourselves, laying aside the
arrogant and proud stubbornness of your tongue. For it is better for you to be found
little in the flock of Christ and to have your name on God's roll, than to be had in
exceeding honor and yet be cast out from the hope of Him.

1 Clem. 57:3 For thus saith the All virtuous Wisdom;
Behold I will pour out for you a saying of My breath, and I will teach you My word.

1 Clem. 57:4 Because I called and ye obeyed not, and I
held out words and ye heeded not, but made My councils of none effect, and were
disobedient unto My reproofs; therefore I also will laugh at your destruction, and will
rejoice over you when ruin cometh upon you, and when confusion overtaketh you suddenly,
and your overthrow is at hand like a whirlwind,

1 Clem. 57:5 or when ye call upon Me, yet will I not here
you. Evil men shall seek me and not find me: for they hated wisdom, and chose not the fear
of the Lord, neither would they give head unto My councils, but mocked at My reproofs.

1 Clem. 57:6 Therefore they shall eat the fruits of their
own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

1 Clem. 57:7 For because they wronged babes, they shall
be slain, and inquisition shall destroy the ungodly. But he that heareth Me shall dwell
safely trusting in hope, and shall be quiet from all fear of all evil.

1 Clem. 58:1 Let us therefore be obedient unto His most
holy and glorious Name, thereby escaping the threatenings which were spoken of old by the
mouth of Wisdom against them which disobey, that we may dwell safely, trusting in the most
holy Name of His majesty.

1 Clem. 58:2 Receive our counsel, and ye shall have no
occasion of regret. For as God liveth, and the Lord Jesus Christ liveth, and the Holy
Spirit, who are the faith and the hope of the elect, so surely shall he, who with
lowliness of mind and instant in gentleness hath without regretfulness performed the
ordinances and commandments that are given by God, be enrolled and have a name among the
number of them that are saved through Jesus Christ, through whom is the glory unto Him for
ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 59:1 But if certain persons should be disobedient
unto the words spoken by Him through us, let them understand that they will entangle
themselves in no slight transgression and danger;

1 Clem. 59:2 but we shall be guiltless of this sin. And
we will ask, with instancy of prayer and supplication, that the Creator of the universe
may guard intact unto the end the number that hath been numbered of His elect throughout
the whole world, through His beloved Son Jesus Christ, through whom He called us from
darkness to light, from ignorance to the full knowledge of the glory of His Name.

1 Clem. 59:3 [Grant unto us, Lord,] that we may set our
hope on Thy Name which is the primal source of all creation, and open the eyes of our
hearts, that we may know Thee, who alone abidest Highest in the lofty, Holy in the holy;
who layest low in the insolence of the proud, who settest the lowly on high, and bringest
the lofty low; who makest rich and makest poor; who killest and makest alive; who alone
art the Benefactor of spirits and the God of all flesh; who lookest into the abysses, who
scanest the works of man; the Succor of them that are in peril, the Savior of them that
are in despair; The Creator and Overseer of every spirit; who multipliest the nations upon
earth, and hast chosen out from all men those that love Thee through Jesus Christ, Thy
beloved Son, through whom Thou didst instruct us, didst sanctify us, didst honor us.

1 Clem. 59:4 We beseech Thee, Lord and Master, to be our
help and succor. Save those among us who are in tribulation; have mercy on the lowly; lift
up the fallen; show Thyself unto the needy; heal the ungodly; convert the wanderers of Thy
people; feed the hungry; release our prisoners; raise up the weak; comfort the
fainthearted. Let all the Gentiles know that Thou art the God alone, and Jesus Christ is
Thy Son, and we are Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture.

1 Clem. 60:1 Thou through Thine operations didst make
manifest the everlasting fabric of the world. Thou, Lord, didst create the earth. Thou
that art faithful throughout all generations, righteous in Thy judgments, marvelous in
strength and excellence, Thou that art wise in creating and prudent in establishing that
which Thou hast made, that art good in the things which are seen and faithful with them
that trust on Thee, pitiful and compassionate, forgive us our iniquities and our
unrighteousnesses and our transgressions and shortcomings.

1 Clem. 60:2 Lay not to our account every sin of Thy
servants and Thine handmaids, but cleanse us with the cleansing of Thy truth, and guide
our steps to walk in holiness and righteousness and singleness of heart and to do such
things as are good and well pleasing in Thy sight and in the sight of our rulers.

1 Clem. 60:3 Yea, Lord, make Thy face to shine upon us in
peace for our good, that we may be sheltered by Thy mighty hand and delivered from every
sin by Thine uplifted arm. And deliver us from them that hate us wrongfully.

1 Clem. 60:4 Give concord and peace to us and to all that
dwell on the earth, as Thou gavest to our fathers, when they called on Thee in faith and
truth with holiness, [that we may be saved,] while we render obedience to Thine almighty
and most excellent Name, and to our rulers and governors upon the earth.

1 Clem. 61:1 Thou, Lord and Master, hast given them the
power of sovereignty through Thine excellent and unspeakable might, that we knowing the
glory and honor which Thou hast given them may submit ourselves unto them, in nothing
resisting Thy will. Grant unto them therefore, O Lord, health peace, concord, stability,
that they may administer the government which Thou hast given them without failure.

1 Clem. 61:2 For Thou, O heavenly Master, King of the
ages, givest to the sons of men glory and honor and power over all things that are upon
the earth. Do Thou, Lord, direct their counsel according to that which is good and well
pleasing in Thy sight, that, administering in peace and gentleness with Godliness the
power which Thou hast given them, they may obtain Thy favor.

1 Clem. 61:3 O Thou, who alone art able to do these
things and things far more exceeding good than these for us, we praise Thee through the
High priest and Guardian of our souls, Jesus Christ, through whom be the glory and the
majesty unto Thee both now and for all generations and for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 62:1 As touching those things which befit our
religion and are most useful for a virtuous life to such as would guide [their steps] in
holiness and righteousness, we have written fully unto you, brethren.

1 Clem. 62:2 For concerning faith and repentance and
genuine love and temperance and sobriety and patience we have handled every argument,
putting you in remembrance, that ye ought to please Almighty God in righteousness and
truth and long suffering with holiness, laying aside malice and pursuing concord in love
and peace, being instant in gentleness; even as our fathers, of whom we spake before,
pleased Him, being lowly minded toward their Father and God and Creator and towards all
men.

1 Clem. 62:3 And we have put you in mind of these things
the more gladly, since we knew well that we were writing to men who are faithful and
highly accounted and have diligently searched into the oracles of the teaching of God.

1 Clem. 63:1 Therefore it is right for us to give heed to
so great and so many examples and to submit the neck and occupying the place of obedience
to take our side with them that are the leaders of our souls, that ceasing from this
foolish dissension we may attain unto the goal which lieth before us in truthfulness,
keeping aloof from every fault.

1 Clem. 63:2 For ye will give us great joy and gladness,
if ye render obedience unto the things written by us through the Holy Spirit, and root out
the unrighteous anger of your jealousy, according to the entreaty which we have made for
peace and concord in this letter.

1 Clem. 63:3 And we have also sent faithful and prudent
men that have walked among us from youth unto old age unblamably, who shall also be
witnesses between you and us.

1 Clem. 63:4 And this we have done that ye might know
that we have had, and still have, every solicitude that ye should be speedily at peace.

1 Clem. 64:1 Finally may the All seeing God and Master of
spirits and Lord of all flesh, who chose the Lord Jesus Christ, and us through Him for a
peculiar people, grant unto every soul that is called after His excellent and holy Name
faith, fear, peace, patience, long-suffering, temperance, chastity and soberness, that
they may be well pleasing unto His Name through our High priest and Guardian Jesus Christ,
through whom unto Him be glory and majesty, might and honor, both now and for ever and
ever. Amen.

1 Clem. 65:1 Now send ye back speedily unto us our
messengers Claudius Ephebus and Valerius Bito, together with Fortunatus also, in peace and
with joy, to the end that they may the more quickly report the peace and concord which is
prayed for and earnestly desired by us, that we also may the more speedily rejoice over
your good order.

1 Clem. 65:2 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you and with all men in all places who have been called by God and through Him, through
whom be glory and honor, power and greatness and eternal dominion, unto Him, from the ages
past and forever and ever. Amen.